1946 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.

Results[]

Legislative Council[]

Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1946[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 517,727
Votes cast 291,295 Turnout 56.3 +39.1
Informal votes 5,912 Informal 2.0 −0.6
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Liberal 131,710 46.2 +28.7 7 14
  Labor 62,640 21.9 −11.9 4 7
  Country 38,259 13.4 −3.9 6 12
  Other 52,774 18.5 −12.9 0 1
Total 285,383     17 34

Retiring Members[]

Liberal[]

Country[]

Candidates[]

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province Held by Labor candidates Liberal candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
Ballarat Liberal James Kittson Ord Glenn Nathaniel Callow (Ind)
Bendigo Liberal George Lansell
Doutta Galla Labor Paul Jones John Ivey
East Yarra Liberal Sir Clifden Eager*
Daniel Scott
Gippsland Country Trevor Harvey
Higinbotham Liberal James Disney
Arthur Warner*
Melbourne Labor William Beckett
Melbourne North Labor Archibald Fraser Alexander Gray (Ind)
Melbourne West Labor Pat Kennelly George Watson (Ind)
Monash Liberal Sir Frank Beaurepaire John Smith (Ind)
Northern Country Alan Johnson
Dudley Walters*		 Andrew Crawford (Ind)
North Eastern Country Sir John Harris
Ivan Swinburne*
North Western Country Percy Byrnes
Southern Liberal William Angliss Harry Cope (Ind)
South Eastern Liberal Cyril Isaac*
William Tyner
South Western Liberal Allan McDonald
Western Country James Hardy Robert Rankin

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 14 June 1946". Psephos.
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